Meta Quest 3 received a secret upgrade in its latest update

The Meta Quest 3’s latest update – v64 – brought with it some quality improvements like better passthrough. However, it appears there was an update to the Quest 3’s Space Setup feature as well. And it wasn’t mentioned anywhere, though I can’t think of a reason why.

Space Setup is a cool little trick the Quest 3 pulls off using its depth sensor. It allows the user to create a digital scan of the room they’re in. This is used to then improve MR (Mixed Reality) applications: allowing them to more directly and realistically interact with your environment.

An example of this is Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs which recently got an update focused on MR. Playing the game in MR lets you topple virtual objects and watch them fall and bounce off of real furniture in your room. Using this scan of your room virtual objects are also able to hide behind furniture.

This new improvement now allows Space Setup to automatically detect and label furniture and other objects in an environment. This is something that needed to be done manually before.